Talks Archive
Heroic Hearts: the British Army's victory in Afghanistan in 1880
by Rodney Atwood
Date: Thursday 26 January 2012
The lecture describes the role of Frederick (Bob) Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War, culminating in his celebrated 300 mile march from Kabul to Kandahar with 10,000 picked British and Indian soldiers, to defeat the Afghan Army of Ayub Khan.